Contenu
"A groundbreaking investigation of issues of gender, power and representation of sovereignty in French Baroque dance repertoires - in particular, court ballet - and in today's performances of them. The author uses powerful interpretive tools derived from historiography and critical theory, especially the work of German-Jewish philosopher Walter Benjamin, to offer the reader both a historical and a theoretical interpretation of this period of dance in France (c. 1600-1750), as well as its aftermath and legacy today"--
Informations bibliographiques
janvier 2025, env. 256 Pages, Anglais
Bloomsbury
978-1-350-23688-2